Chickasaw Female College Explained

Chickasaw Female College was a women's college in Pontotoc, Mississippi.

It was founded in 1851^[1] as the Pontotoc Female College, taken over by the Presbyterian church in 1853,^[2] and closed in 1936. During the American Civil War the college was used as a hospital by both the Union Army and the Confederate States Army.

External links

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Notes and References

1. Book: Ernst Steiger. Steiger's educational directory for 1878. 25 July 2012. 1878. E. Steiger. 29.
2. Book: Mary Carol Miller. Lost Landmarks of Mississippi. 25 July 2012. 2002. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-57806-475-5. 7.